Health risks of workers fish farming center by Jorge L. Minchola Gallardo, Federico Gonzáles Veintimilla, Jackson R. Terán Iparraguirre

“…The sample universe consisted of the 15 workers of Motil Fish Farming Center, Department of La Libertad, Peru. Samples were taken every month. …”
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Synopsis of Plazia Ruiz & Pav. (Onoserideae, Asteraceae), including a new species from northern Peru by Michael Dillon, Federico Luebert

“…(Onoserideae, Asteraceae) is presented, including the description of a new species, Plazia robinsonii M.O.Dillon & Sagást., from a locality c. 20 km west of Huamachuco, Department of La Libertad in northern Peru. It most closely resembles P. conferta Ruiz & Pav., a narrow endemic from central Peru some 450 km to the south; however, the latter species has larger leaves and smaller capitula. …”
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Two new species of Ribes (Grossulariaceae) from Peru by Maximilian Weigend, Ana Andrade-Galán

“…It is a far southern outlier of the Ribes andicola group, which otherwise finds its southern range limit in the Department of La Libertad. Ribes apurimacensis differs from its closest allies in the Ribes andicola group by an exclusively glandular indument (no simple hairs) in combination with smaller leaves, a serrate leaf margin and dark red flowers.…”
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New records for the alien mud-dauber wasp Sceliphron caementarium (Drury, 1773) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Peru by Filippo Ceccolini

“…The first records for the departments of La Libertad and Arequipa and the province of Talara are given. …”
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